Posting tray



P. BERGMANN POSTING TBA? Z 2 SheetsSheet 1 2- Filed Oct. 256. 1927 Inventor I f'hilzp flerymdnn By his'Attornqys Patented Dec. 2,: 1 930 UNITED (STATES PATENT OFFICE PHILIP BERGMANN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNonFm comment STEEL EQUIPMENTCOMPANY, or I'IIIL D LPII A, rnNNsYLvANIA, A. oonrona- 'rIoN or PENNSYLVANIA rosrINe TRAY 3 7 Application filed October 26, 1927. S eriaIINo. 228,849.

This invention relates to oflice appliances and in particular to postingtrays of'the type used by banks and other business establishments for containingaccount cards or sheets.

A11 object of the invention is to provide a posting tray with a side which may be transferred from a vertical to a horizontal position under the bottom of the posting tray without detaching the side from the posting tray. 7

Another object is to produce an eflicient, strong and durable device of the class specified, which may be economically constructed.

Other objects and advantages will herein after appear. 7

The views of the drawings are:

Figure l is a side elevation of a posting tray provided with a side constructed according to my invention, the side being shown in its position beneath the bottom of theposting tray;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section; Figure 3 is a vertical section through a corner of the posting tray, showing theside raised and locked in position, the view being from the inside of the posting tray looking outwardly; a

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective showing the retaining means for the side when the side isin a vertical position;

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a section on line 6--6 of Fig. 2. Referring to the drawings, the posting tray has a bottom 1, ends 2, a side 3 that is of the same height as the ends 2, and a side 4 of lesser height. These parts may be formed of sheet metal and are welded together. The endportions of the side 4 are joined-to the ends by upwardly-extending pieces 5 which are longitudinally-directed terminal portions of flanges 5a reverted in'spaced relation upon the end walls 2. The purpose of the side 4 is to prevent sheets of paper or cards (not shown) from sliding laterally from the posting tray when the device is in use.

At one end of the posting. tray there is a tiltable inner front member 6, of any approved construction.

Above the bottom 1 there is another bottom 7, the central longitudinal portion of which consists of a channel member 8 in which is mounted .a slidable back 9 (see application for United States Letters Patent filedby me September 17 1927 Serial No. 220,171)

The bottorn 1 is substantially Z-shaped in vertical section so that it has two elevations,a lower portionlO that is slightly more than one-half the width of thepostingtray, and ,a higher portion 11 that is connected to the'lower portion by anarrow vertical web 12.

made from a single piece ofsheet-metal, bent to the form shown by Figure 2, while a subpermost bottom member 11.

{The lower edges of the ends 2 are bent in- If so desired the bottom and side 4 can bewardly to form channels 13,;which1 together 1 1 with the space beneath the'portion 11 of the bottomi'provide a pocket for receiving a side 3 The side 14 has pins 15 projecting from the V lower corners thereof, such pins being disposed in the channels 13.

The channels are so formed as to provide tracks for guiding the pins 15, and the bottom flanges of the channels support the ends oftheside'14. v j V l lear each upper corner, the side 14 has.

brackets 16 welded thereto. These brackets retain slidably mounted latches 17 formed by bending a strip of sheet-metal to the form clearly shown by Figure 4.

"When the side 14 is in its vertical position it may be locked in place by projecting the latches 17 outwardly so that they will engage the contiguous portion of the upwardly extending flanges 5 of the side 4, in the manner shown by Figure 3. I

When the posting tray is not in use, the side 14 may be disposed in its vertical position. However, when the posting tray is in use, it is desirable that the side 14 be removed from its vertical position. To accomplish this, the latches 17 are slid inwardly and then the side 14 is dropped outwardly to a substantial horizontal position,

it is then slid inwardly beneath the portion 11 of the bottom 1, to occupy the position shown by Figures 1 and 2.

The invention set forth herein is, of course, susceptible of various modifications and adaptations; r

The invention claimed is:

1. In combination with a posting tray having ends, and a bottom so formed as to provide va longitudinal pocket beneath a, por

tion of the posting tray and said ends, a removable side for the posting tray adapted to be transferred from a vertical position to a substantially horizontal position in the said pocket, and means on said removable side adjacent the upper longitudinal extremities thereof, for looking it in its Vertical position to said ends.

2. In a posting tray, a base member substantially Z-shaped in vertical section, the intermediate leg of which is narrower as compared to the end legs, front and rear end walls, each having an inturned flange at the lowermost extremity, the uppermost of the legs of said base member and the said flanges defining a recess, a removable side wall adapted to be swung from its normal position into said recess, said flanges being adapted to guide th 'e'side wall into and support it in position in said recess, an inturned upstanding flange on one end of each of said end walls, locking means on said'side wall, the last-named flanges and said locking means cooperating to secure said side wall in normal positio 3. In combination with a posting tray having ends, and a bottom so formed as to provide a longitudinal pocket beneath a portion of the posting tray and between said ends, a removable side for the posting tray adapted to be transferred from a vertical position to a substantially horizontal position in the said pocket, an inturned upstanding flange on one end of each of said end walls and means on said removable side ad- '.j&(5611l3 the upper longitudinal extremities thereof and coacting with said flanges for locking said removable side when in its vertical position to said ends.

PHILIP BERGMANN. 

